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Now that my clock is correct, I am trying to figure out how to insert live
autotext into a document. I've successfully figured out how to put in autotext (not a real challenge I know) but it doesn't seem to be live. For example if I enter the filename as autotext, then save the file as something else, the filename doesn't change. Surely it is supposed to? And light shedding will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Link. |
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In general if you want AutoText to update, you need to insert an AUTOTEXT
field rather than the text itself. If you redefine the AutoText entry (and the only way to do that is to create a new one and give it the same name), you'll probably still need to F9 to update the AUTOTEXT field. In this specific case, where the AutoText entry is already a field (FILENAME), it will update, but, again, you may need to press F9 to update it manually. See “The FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word 2002 or Word 2003” at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832897 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Link" wrote in message ... Now that my clock is correct, I am trying to figure out how to insert live autotext into a document. I've successfully figured out how to put in autotext (not a real challenge I know) but it doesn't seem to be live. For example if I enter the filename as autotext, then save the file as something else, the filename doesn't change. Surely it is supposed to? And light shedding will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Link. |
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Hi Suzanne thanks for putting up with me here....
I have tried inserting the filename using Insert Autotext Autotext... and choosing filename from the list. And I have tried it by using Insert Autotext Header/Footer Filename. But neither of these methods updates automatically. Furthermore it seems that I have to actually select the text before hitting F9 to manually update it. Is this the way it is supposed to work, or am I missing something obvious again? Thanks for your help. Cheers, Link. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In general if you want AutoText to update, you need to insert an AUTOTEXT field rather than the text itself. If you redefine the AutoText entry (and the only way to do that is to create a new one and give it the same name), you'll probably still need to F9 to update the AUTOTEXT field. In this specific case, where the AutoText entry is already a field (FILENAME), it will update, but, again, you may need to press F9 to update it manually. See “The FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word 2002 or Word 2003” at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832897 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Link" wrote in message ... Now that my clock is correct, I am trying to figure out how to insert live autotext into a document. I've successfully figured out how to put in autotext (not a real challenge I know) but it doesn't seem to be live. For example if I enter the filename as autotext, then save the file as something else, the filename doesn't change. Surely it is supposed to? And light shedding will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Link. |
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If the "Update fields before printing" option is checked under
ToolsOptionsPrint, then the fields will be updated when you Preview or Print the document. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Link" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne thanks for putting up with me here.... I have tried inserting the filename using Insert Autotext Autotext... and choosing filename from the list. And I have tried it by using Insert Autotext Header/Footer Filename. But neither of these methods updates automatically. Furthermore it seems that I have to actually select the text before hitting F9 to manually update it. Is this the way it is supposed to work, or am I missing something obvious again? Thanks for your help. Cheers, Link. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In general if you want AutoText to update, you need to insert an AUTOTEXT field rather than the text itself. If you redefine the AutoText entry (and the only way to do that is to create a new one and give it the same name), you'll probably still need to F9 to update the AUTOTEXT field. In this specific case, where the AutoText entry is already a field (FILENAME), it will update, but, again, you may need to press F9 to update it manually. See "The FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word 2002 or Word 2003" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832897 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Link" wrote in message ... Now that my clock is correct, I am trying to figure out how to insert live autotext into a document. I've successfully figured out how to put in autotext (not a real challenge I know) but it doesn't seem to be live. For example if I enter the filename as autotext, then save the file as something else, the filename doesn't change. Surely it is supposed to? And light shedding will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Link. |
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Also...
sometimes switching to Print Preview and back will force an update too. Terry "Link" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne thanks for putting up with me here.... I have tried inserting the filename using Insert Autotext Autotext... and choosing filename from the list. And I have tried it by using Insert Autotext Header/Footer Filename. But neither of these methods updates automatically. Furthermore it seems that I have to actually select the text before hitting F9 to manually update it. Is this the way it is supposed to work, or am I missing something obvious again? Thanks for your help. Cheers, Link. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In general if you want AutoText to update, you need to insert an AUTOTEXT field rather than the text itself. If you redefine the AutoText entry (and the only way to do that is to create a new one and give it the same name), you'll probably still need to F9 to update the AUTOTEXT field. In this specific case, where the AutoText entry is already a field (FILENAME), it will update, but, again, you may need to press F9 to update it manually. See “The FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word 2002 or Word 2003” at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832897 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Link" wrote in message ... Now that my clock is correct, I am trying to figure out how to insert live autotext into a document. I've successfully figured out how to put in autotext (not a real challenge I know) but it doesn't seem to be live. For example if I enter the filename as autotext, then save the file as something else, the filename doesn't change. Surely it is supposed to? And light shedding will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Link. |
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Link:
In general, fields don't update unless some user or system event forces them to update. They don't do it by themselves. If you just need the file name, you'd probably find it easier to just insert a document property field. It won't update any better, but it's simpler to insert. Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 "Link" wrote: Hi Suzanne thanks for putting up with me here.... I have tried inserting the filename using Insert Autotext Autotext... and choosing filename from the list. And I have tried it by using Insert Autotext Header/Footer Filename. But neither of these methods updates automatically. Furthermore it seems that I have to actually select the text before hitting F9 to manually update it. Is this the way it is supposed to work, or am I missing something obvious again? Thanks for your help. Cheers, Link. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In general if you want AutoText to update, you need to insert an AUTOTEXT field rather than the text itself. If you redefine the AutoText entry (and the only way to do that is to create a new one and give it the same name), you'll probably still need to F9 to update the AUTOTEXT field. In this specific case, where the AutoText entry is already a field (FILENAME), it will update, but, again, you may need to press F9 to update it manually. See €śThe FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word 2002 or Word 2003€ť at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832897 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Link" wrote in message ... Now that my clock is correct, I am trying to figure out how to insert live autotext into a document. I've successfully figured out how to put in autotext (not a real challenge I know) but it doesn't seem to be live. For example if I enter the filename as autotext, then save the file as something else, the filename doesn't change. Surely it is supposed to? And light shedding will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Link. |
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Ahhhh!
That's quite clear now. I just assumed they would automatically update. Is it just me or is that somewhat of a shortcoming? I see that we can have the date and time update automatically, so why not the rest of 'em too? Thanks to everyone who gave advice. Cheers, Link. "Bear" (nospam) wrote in message ... Link: In general, fields don't update unless some user or system event forces them to update. They don't do it by themselves. If you just need the file name, you'd probably find it easier to just insert a document property field. It won't update any better, but it's simpler to insert. Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 "Link" wrote: Hi Suzanne thanks for putting up with me here.... I have tried inserting the filename using Insert Autotext Autotext... and choosing filename from the list. And I have tried it by using Insert Autotext Header/Footer Filename. But neither of these methods updates automatically. Furthermore it seems that I have to actually select the text before hitting F9 to manually update it. Is this the way it is supposed to work, or am I missing something obvious again? Thanks for your help. Cheers, Link. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In general if you want AutoText to update, you need to insert an AUTOTEXT field rather than the text itself. If you redefine the AutoText entry (and the only way to do that is to create a new one and give it the same name), you'll probably still need to F9 to update the AUTOTEXT field. In this specific case, where the AutoText entry is already a field (FILENAME), it will update, but, again, you may need to press F9 to update it manually. See €śThe FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word 2002 or Word 2003€ť at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832897 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Link" wrote in message ... Now that my clock is correct, I am trying to figure out how to insert live autotext into a document. I've successfully figured out how to put in autotext (not a real challenge I know) but it doesn't seem to be live. For example if I enter the filename as autotext, then save the file as something else, the filename doesn't change. Surely it is supposed to? And light shedding will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Link. |
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Link:
Your company musta sprung for the DeLuxe fields package. My date and time fields don't update any more than any other fields. Boy, do I feel gypped! There are lots of VBA subroutines posted that will update all the fields in a document, so you could add a custom command or button or keyboard shortcut (or all three) to update your fields on demand if you wanted to. Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 "Link" wrote: Ahhhh! That's quite clear now. I just assumed they would automatically update. Is it just me or is that somewhat of a shortcoming? I see that we can have the date and time update automatically, so why not the rest of 'em too? Thanks to everyone who gave advice. Cheers, Link. "Bear" (nospam) wrote in message ... Link: In general, fields don't update unless some user or system event forces them to update. They don't do it by themselves. If you just need the file name, you'd probably find it easier to just insert a document property field. It won't update any better, but it's simpler to insert. Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 "Link" wrote: Hi Suzanne thanks for putting up with me here.... I have tried inserting the filename using Insert Autotext Autotext... and choosing filename from the list. And I have tried it by using Insert Autotext Header/Footer Filename. But neither of these methods updates automatically. Furthermore it seems that I have to actually select the text before hitting F9 to manually update it. Is this the way it is supposed to work, or am I missing something obvious again? Thanks for your help. Cheers, Link. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In general if you want AutoText to update, you need to insert an AUTOTEXT field rather than the text itself. If you redefine the AutoText entry (and the only way to do that is to create a new one and give it the same name), you'll probably still need to F9 to update the AUTOTEXT field. In this specific case, where the AutoText entry is already a field (FILENAME), it will update, but, again, you may need to press F9 to update it manually. See €śThe FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word 2002 or Word 2003€ť at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832897 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Link" wrote in message ... Now that my clock is correct, I am trying to figure out how to insert live autotext into a document. I've successfully figured out how to put in autotext (not a real challenge I know) but it doesn't seem to be live. For example if I enter the filename as autotext, then save the file as something else, the filename doesn't change. Surely it is supposed to? And light shedding will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Link. |
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I have Word 2003. When I go to Insert? Date and Time... there is a checkbox
at the bottom that says 'Update Automatically'. That's deluxe??!;-) VBA subroutines - already sounds like too much of a workaround. Thanks for the suggestion, but I think I'll just grin and bear it. Word is one of about 30 programs I use and it only gets about 5% of my time, so I don't know if I want to go to those extents. I just want to learn how to use it better (out of the box!). I must admit that it's formatting absolutely baffles me sometimes - I delete one thing and the whole paragraph, changes color, size, font, and context. Well maybe not context, but it throws me for a loop! I refer to this phenomenon as a visit from the 'Word Fairy'... Cheers, Link. "Bear" (nospam) wrote in message ... Link: Your company musta sprung for the DeLuxe fields package. My date and time fields don't update any more than any other fields. Boy, do I feel gypped! There are lots of VBA subroutines posted that will update all the fields in a document, so you could add a custom command or button or keyboard shortcut (or all three) to update your fields on demand if you wanted to. Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 "Link" wrote: Ahhhh! That's quite clear now. I just assumed they would automatically update. Is it just me or is that somewhat of a shortcoming? I see that we can have the date and time update automatically, so why not the rest of 'em too? Thanks to everyone who gave advice. Cheers, Link. "Bear" (nospam) wrote in message ... Link: In general, fields don't update unless some user or system event forces them to update. They don't do it by themselves. If you just need the file name, you'd probably find it easier to just insert a document property field. It won't update any better, but it's simpler to insert. Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 "Link" wrote: Hi Suzanne thanks for putting up with me here.... I have tried inserting the filename using Insert Autotext Autotext... and choosing filename from the list. And I have tried it by using Insert Autotext Header/Footer Filename. But neither of these methods updates automatically. Furthermore it seems that I have to actually select the text before hitting F9 to manually update it. Is this the way it is supposed to work, or am I missing something obvious again? Thanks for your help. Cheers, Link. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In general if you want AutoText to update, you need to insert an AUTOTEXT field rather than the text itself. If you redefine the AutoText entry (and the only way to do that is to create a new one and give it the same name), you'll probably still need to F9 to update the AUTOTEXT field. In this specific case, where the AutoText entry is already a field (FILENAME), it will update, but, again, you may need to press F9 to update it manually. See "The FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word 2002 or Word 2003" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832897 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Link" wrote in message ... Now that my clock is correct, I am trying to figure out how to insert live autotext into a document. I've successfully figured out how to put in autotext (not a real challenge I know) but it doesn't seem to be live. For example if I enter the filename as autotext, then save the file as something else, the filename doesn't change. Surely it is supposed to? And light shedding will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Link. |
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Link wrote:
I have Word 2003. When I go to Insert? Date and Time... there is a checkbox at the bottom that says 'Update Automatically'. That's deluxe??!;-) This inserts the date as a Date (or Time) field which reads the system date of the computer whenever the document is opened. Without the checkbox the date is inserted as text. VBA subroutines - already sounds like too much of a workaround. Thanks for the suggestion, but I think I'll just grin and bear it. Word is one of about 30 programs I use and it only gets about 5% of my time, so I don't know if I want to go to those extents. I just want to learn how to use it better (out of the box!). VBA is provided to fill those extra functions that users want - see the example at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm I must admit that it's formatting absolutely baffles me sometimes - I delete one thing and the whole paragraph, changes color, size, font, and context. Well maybe not context, but it throws me for a loop! I refer to this phenomenon as a visit from the 'Word Fairy'... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Cheers, Link. "Bear" (nospam) wrote in message ... Link: Your company musta sprung for the DeLuxe fields package. My date and time fields don't update any more than any other fields. Boy, do I feel gypped! There are lots of VBA subroutines posted that will update all the fields in a document, so you could add a custom command or button or keyboard shortcut (or all three) to update your fields on demand if you wanted to. Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 "Link" wrote: Ahhhh! That's quite clear now. I just assumed they would automatically update. Is it just me or is that somewhat of a shortcoming? I see that we can have the date and time update automatically, so why not the rest of 'em too? Thanks to everyone who gave advice. Cheers, Link. "Bear" (nospam) wrote in message ... Link: In general, fields don't update unless some user or system event forces them to update. They don't do it by themselves. If you just need the file name, you'd probably find it easier to just insert a document property field. It won't update any better, but it's simpler to insert. Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 "Link" wrote: Hi Suzanne thanks for putting up with me here.... I have tried inserting the filename using Insert Autotext Autotext... and choosing filename from the list. And I have tried it by using Insert Autotext Header/Footer Filename. But neither of these methods updates automatically. Furthermore it seems that I have to actually select the text before hitting F9 to manually update it. Is this the way it is supposed to work, or am I missing something obvious again? Thanks for your help. Cheers, Link. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In general if you want AutoText to update, you need to insert an AUTOTEXT field rather than the text itself. If you redefine the AutoText entry (and the only way to do that is to create a new one and give it the same name), you'll probably still need to F9 to update the AUTOTEXT field. In this specific case, where the AutoText entry is already a field (FILENAME), it will update, but, again, you may need to press F9 to update it manually. See "The FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word 2002 or Word 2003" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832897 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Link" wrote in message ... Now that my clock is correct, I am trying to figure out how to insert live autotext into a document. I've successfully figured out how to put in autotext (not a real challenge I know) but it doesn't seem to be live. For example if I enter the filename as autotext, then save the file as something else, the filename doesn't change. Surely it is supposed to? And light shedding will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Link. |
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But for the styles. I'll remember that next time it happens. Hopefully
there'll be more fixing and less beating my head on the keyboard. Thanks for the tips mate. Cheers, Link. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Link wrote: I have Word 2003. When I go to Insert? Date and Time... there is a checkbox at the bottom that says 'Update Automatically'. That's deluxe??!;-) This inserts the date as a Date (or Time) field which reads the system date of the computer whenever the document is opened. Without the checkbox the date is inserted as text. VBA subroutines - already sounds like too much of a workaround. Thanks for the suggestion, but I think I'll just grin and bear it. Word is one of about 30 programs I use and it only gets about 5% of my time, so I don't know if I want to go to those extents. I just want to learn how to use it better (out of the box!). VBA is provided to fill those extra functions that users want - see the example at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm I must admit that it's formatting absolutely baffles me sometimes - I delete one thing and the whole paragraph, changes color, size, font, and context. Well maybe not context, but it throws me for a loop! I refer to this phenomenon as a visit from the 'Word Fairy'... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Cheers, Link. "Bear" (nospam) wrote in message ... Link: Your company musta sprung for the DeLuxe fields package. My date and time fields don't update any more than any other fields. Boy, do I feel gypped! There are lots of VBA subroutines posted that will update all the fields in a document, so you could add a custom command or button or keyboard shortcut (or all three) to update your fields on demand if you wanted to. Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 "Link" wrote: Ahhhh! That's quite clear now. I just assumed they would automatically update. Is it just me or is that somewhat of a shortcoming? I see that we can have the date and time update automatically, so why not the rest of 'em too? Thanks to everyone who gave advice. Cheers, Link. "Bear" (nospam) wrote in message ... Link: In general, fields don't update unless some user or system event forces them to update. They don't do it by themselves. If you just need the file name, you'd probably find it easier to just insert a document property field. It won't update any better, but it's simpler to insert. Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 "Link" wrote: Hi Suzanne thanks for putting up with me here.... I have tried inserting the filename using Insert Autotext Autotext... and choosing filename from the list. And I have tried it by using Insert Autotext Header/Footer Filename. But neither of these methods updates automatically. Furthermore it seems that I have to actually select the text before hitting F9 to manually update it. Is this the way it is supposed to work, or am I missing something obvious again? Thanks for your help. Cheers, Link. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... In general if you want AutoText to update, you need to insert an AUTOTEXT field rather than the text itself. If you redefine the AutoText entry (and the only way to do that is to create a new one and give it the same name), you'll probably still need to F9 to update the AUTOTEXT field. In this specific case, where the AutoText entry is already a field (FILENAME), it will update, but, again, you may need to press F9 to update it manually. See "The FILENAME field does not automatically update when you open a document in Word 2002 or Word 2003" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832897 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Link" wrote in message ... Now that my clock is correct, I am trying to figure out how to insert live autotext into a document. I've successfully figured out how to put in autotext (not a real challenge I know) but it doesn't seem to be live. For example if I enter the filename as autotext, then save the file as something else, the filename doesn't change. Surely it is supposed to? And light shedding will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Link. |
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